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On The Fly: Analyst Initiation SummaryToday's noteworthy initiations include: FireEye (FEYE) initiated with an Outperform at William Blair... Marlin Business (MRLN) coverage resumed with an Outperform at JMP Securities... Philip Morris (PM) initiated with a Neutral at Exane BNP Paribas... Proofpoint (PFPT) initiated with an Outperform at William Blair... SolarCity (SCTY) initiated with a Buy at Deutsche Bank... SunPower (SPWR) initiated with an Overweight at JPMorgan... Telecom Italia (TI) initiated with a Hold at Jefferies... Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) initiated with an Outperform at CLSA... Sanderson Farms (SAFM) initiated with an Outperform at CLSA... Twitter (TWTR) initiated with a $70 price target at Telsey Advisory... StoneCastle (BANX) initiated with an Outperform at Oppenheimer... Vipshop (VIPS) initiated with a Buy at BofA/Merrill.

News For FEYE;MRLN;PM;PFPT;SCTY;SPWR;TI;SAFM;BWLD;TWTR;BANX;VIPS From The Last 14 Days

U.S. delegates to work with China on environmental issues, China Daily saysThe U.S. government is sending several high-level representatives to China in an effort to advance cooperation on energy, the environment and climate change, China Daily reported yesterday. The two countries signed a major climate change deal in November, the newspaper noted. Publicly traded companies in the solar energy space include Canadian Solar (CSIQ), First Solar (FSLR), JA Solar (JASO), SunPower (SPWR), Trina Solar (TSL) and Yingli Green Energy (YGE). Reference Link

Certain news agencies form advertising alliance to rival Google, others, BI saysThe Guardian, CNN International, The Financial Times , Reuters (TRI) and The Economist are forming an advertising alliance, called Pangaea, in hopes of rivaling Google (GOOG), Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR), and LinkedIn (LNKD), reports Business Insider UK. The Financial Times is owned by Pearson (PSO), The Economist Group is 50% owned by Pearson via The Financial Times, and CNN is owned by Time Warner (TWX). Reference Link

Sunrun powers up for IPO later this year, WSJ reportsSunrun, a solar-energy company, is said to be working with Credit Suisse (CS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) on a potential IPO for later this year, sources tell The Wall Street Journal, which adds that the company was valued at $1.3B as of March 2014. Other solar companies that have gone public in recent years include residential solar installers like Vivint Solar (VSLR), backed by Blackstone (BX), and SolarCity (SCTY), backed by Tesla's (TSLA) Elon Musk. Reference Link

On The Fly: Analyst Initiation SummaryToday's noteworthy initiations include: Aimco (AIV) initiated with an Outperform at RW Baird... Alnylam (ALNY) initiated with a Buy at Janney Capital... American Campus (ACC) initiated with a Neutral at RW Baird... AvalonBay (AVB) initiated with a Neutral at RW Baird... BE Aerospace (BEAV) initiated with a Buy at CRT Capital... BlackRock (BLK) initiated with a Buy at Argus... Camden Property (CPT) initiated with an Outperform at RW Baird... CarMax (KMX) initiated with a Buy at Evercore ISI... Central Pacific (CPF) initiated with a Neutral at Macquarie... Cognex (CGNX) initiated with a Buy at Northcoast... Education Realty (EDR) initiated with a Neutral at RW Baird... EnerSys (ENS) initiated with an Overweight at Stephens... Equity Lifestyle (ELS) initiated with an Outperform at RW Baird... Equity Residential (EQR) initiated with a Neutral at RW Baird... Essex Property Trust (ESS) initiated with a Neutral at RW Baird... Facebook (FB) initiated with a Buy at Brean Capital... Intercept (ICPT) initiated with a Hold at MLV & Co.... Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS) initiated with a Neutral at Janney Capital... LinkedIn (LNKD) initiated with a Sell at Brean Capital... Mid-America Apartment (MAA) initiated with an Outperform at RW Baird... NetSuite (N) initiated with a Hold at Brean Capital... Paycom (PAYC) initiated with a Buy at Brean Capital... Platform Specialty Products (PAH) initiated with a Buy at UBS... Post Properties (PPS) initiated with a Neutral at RW Baird... Salesforce.com (CRM) initiated with a Hold at Brean Capital... ServiceNow (NOW) initiated with a Buy at Brean Capital... Snap-On (SNA) initiated with a Buy at Northcoast... Sun Communities (SUI) initiated with a Neutral at RW Baird... Twitter (TWTR) initiated with a Buy at Brean Capital... UDR, Inc. (UDR) initiated with an Outperform at RW Baird... Workday (WDAY) initiated with a Hold at Brean Capital... Xplore Technologies (XPLR) initiated with a Buy at Roth Capital... Yahoo (YHOO) initiated with a Hold at Argus.